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This evening, I discovered a frightening truth... fingers used to playing one or two songs at a time and then taking a break? Well, those fingers are not prepared to play for an entire 40-minute set.
Why is this an issue, you ask?
Well, that would be because I've been offered a 40-minute set at Marcon on Friday night, in addition to the 30-minute hall set that I'd already planned to play in the afternoon. This would be me... just me... without, well, the band.
Eep!
So I've been practicing... a lot. And my fingers are complaining... also a lot.
I've sprinkled the set liberally with a cappella numbers, which will either help (by giving me a break) or make things worse (by making me realize just how ouchy my fingertips are when starting to play again after those breaks).
This week will be an exercise in practicing enough to feel reasonably ready for both sets, while not totally killing the fingers.
Somebody remind me why I thought guitar would be <ahem> "easier" than piano?
Who's gonna be at Marcon? I'm only there for Friday, so I'll be in the hall outside reg from 4-4:30 p.m., in the Filk Room (Union E) from 9:05-9:45 p.m. (in between Judi Miller's concert and the theme filk hosted by Three Weird Sisters), and just generally checking out other concerts and the filking for the rest of the night before heading back to Indy in the wee hours.
Why is this an issue, you ask?
Well, that would be because I've been offered a 40-minute set at Marcon on Friday night, in addition to the 30-minute hall set that I'd already planned to play in the afternoon. This would be me... just me... without, well, the band.
Eep!
So I've been practicing... a lot. And my fingers are complaining... also a lot.
I've sprinkled the set liberally with a cappella numbers, which will either help (by giving me a break) or make things worse (by making me realize just how ouchy my fingertips are when starting to play again after those breaks).
This week will be an exercise in practicing enough to feel reasonably ready for both sets, while not totally killing the fingers.
Somebody remind me why I thought guitar would be <ahem> "easier" than piano?
Who's gonna be at Marcon? I'm only there for Friday, so I'll be in the hall outside reg from 4-4:30 p.m., in the Filk Room (Union E) from 9:05-9:45 p.m. (in between Judi Miller's concert and the theme filk hosted by Three Weird Sisters), and just generally checking out other concerts and the filking for the rest of the night before heading back to Indy in the wee hours.
